Sandblast DIY? or no

[MoparCar]

Be careful with soda  blasting. Some paint companies will not warrant their product if the car has been soda blasted because of the chemicals/bond that the residue can alter. I do not know this first hand but on a couple of the painting forums this comes up regularly. It is the easiest on the metal, but the chemical/residue left behind if not completely removed will alter the "bite" of the primer.

[72hemi]

That is a great deal, does it include primer/epoxy too or would that be extra. Even if extra that is still a great deal. In Sacramento, the going price is around 2500 for that work. Totally depends on how much material (previous paint jobs) is on the car. The newer, i.e. plastic blasting process, takes a lot more time maybe that's why it is so much. There is a place north of San Francisco that dips cars but I have no idea what the costs are. Conv340 could find out (if the state hasn't shut them down yet that is)

That does not include primer. But for not a lot more he would come out and blast at my place.

[73Chally]

Wow!  I paid $750 to have mine blasted last year, but I only had the exterior and trunk blasted, so maybe it is pretty much in line with the other prices.

[Bullitt-]

I don't think the average home compressor would produce enough pressure to warp.  I set my regulator to 100PSI & using an economy model pressure tank ($45 Harbor Freight)  was pleasantly surprised how efficient it was compared to my old siphon piece.... That being said I would hate to do a whole car inside, out & underneath a grand or so would seem like a deal. 

[matt63]

I've talked to various people about sandblasting including metallurgists.  I've been told that it is not the pressure that creates the damage.  It is the deformation from extremely hard and sharp sand crystals that creates stresses on one side of the metal that causes warping.  Some say it is the heat.   

[HemiOrange70]

I know the fenders and doors are too large an area to sandblast without possibly warping, so they did the worst areas of mine when they did it. Other materials such as soda are better